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A photograph inside a temple hall during a puja. A priest on the left, bare-chested with a red dhoti and a red garland over his shoulder, holds a lit oil flame or lamp toward the deities. Behind him stand a pink-and-gold Ganesha murti and a golden Durga murti with multiple arms, her face painted, decorated with marigold garlands. Trays of flower offerings and petals lie on the floor, a fire pit with a yellow border sits in front, and a world map hangs on the wall behind. A staircase with metal railings stands to the right, and a figure in orange cloth is partly visible in the background.

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September 27 20172017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a Navaratri worship scene at a temple hall. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a red-and-white flower garland, wearing a rust-red dhoti and gold armband, stands at left holding a brass lamp and waving a flame toward the shrines. Behind him, a pink-bodied Ganesha with a golden crown and garlands sits beside a gold-framed Devi image with a red-and-yellow garland. At right, a tall gold-and-red Durga murti with many arms and a crown is raised on a platform reached by a metal staircase, with a blue deity figure beside it. Brass lamps, marigold garlands, flower offerings and a sunken fire pit with yellow marigolds sit in the foreground, and a banner showing a world map hangs on the wall.2017-09-27 +2 copiesSeptember 30 20172017-09-30September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple worship scene with a golden-decorated Durga murti on a raised platform reached by a metal staircase, flanked by a pink-and-gold Ganesha murti and a golden-haloed Lakshmi-type deity murti garlanded with white and red flowers. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a red-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing gold armbands and a red flower garland, raises flowers in offering, while a second person in red cloth stands behind him. Brass oil lamps, flower offerings and a small smoke-filled brass vessel sit on the floor, with a red-and-purple striped mat and a world map banner hanging overhead.2017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27A photograph of a ritual at a temple shrine under a white canopy. In the foreground, a man with long black hair and a red-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a flower garland, faces the shrine from behind. Before the shrine stands a golden deity murti of Ganesha with a pink-and-gold body, next to a large Durga murti with a golden halo and garlands, and a tall multi-armed Durga murti on the right holding weapons. Brass oil lamps, flower garlands, and offering plates with fruit and marigolds sit before them, petals are scattered on the floor, and a yellow-and-black square fire pit is in the foreground. Behind, two people in orange robes and a standing figure in white stand near a wall-mounted world-map banner with a portrait of a saffron-robed man. Palms grow in the background. Four or fewer people are visible.2017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a temple hall during Navaratri at Adhi Kailasa Bidadi. A bare-chested man in a rust-red dhoti with gold armlets and a long marigold garland stands at left with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing the shrine. Beside him a woman in a red sari with a rudraksha mala holds a brass plate. At centre, a pink-faced Ganesha murti in gold dress and garlands sits on a red cloth beside a golden-arched Devi murti in green and gold with garlands. At right, a large Durga murti with multiple arms holds weapons, approached by steel stair rails. Brass oil lamps, flower offerings and a small fire pit stand in front; a tattered world map and a banner hang in the background.2017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27